New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants stronger measures, including the use of biometric tools and restrictions on AI, to protect New Yorkers, particularly youth, from “predatory and addictive technologies” in the nation’s largest online sports betting market.
In her upcoming State of the State agenda, Hochul will direct the New York State Gaming Commission to explore methods, including facial recognition and thumbprint scanners, to prevent anyone under 21 from creating sportsbook accounts or using the accounts of others.
The gambling commission has seen an uptick in underage people gaining access to sports betting accounts, often through parents, relatives or friends. Anyone caught giving betting access to an underage person can be banned from the sportsbook platform, according to a gambling commission source.
